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  • noun telecommunications The frequency range occupied by a message signal prior to modulation.
  • noun telecommunications, noun adjunct A method of transmission in which only one frequency channel is used at a time.
  • noun electronics A device using baseband transmission.

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Examples

  • The flip side of that is what do you then do with the called baseband business or in this case the remaining element which is the custom baseband business, and that's where you have to sit down and you just have to run that in the smartest way you know how.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon said the Nokia weakness shouldn't be a large concern for investors as TI is winding down its business of selling cellular communication chips, known as baseband, by the end of 2012.

    Texas Instruments Lowers Its Outlook, Blames Nokia Shara Tibken 2011

  • The Silicon Valley chip maker on Monday struck an all-cash deal for Icera Inc., a start-up in Bristol, England that has spent nine years pursuing an unusual programmable technology for what the industry calls baseband communication functions.

    Nvidia Buys Phone-Chip Firm Don Clark 2011

  • Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon said the Nokia weakness shouldn't be a large concern for investors as TI is winding down its business of selling cellular communication chips, known as baseband, by the end of 2012.

    Texas Instruments Lowers Its Outlook, Blames Nokia Shara Tibken 2011

  • Infineon had previously supplied Apple with a chip known as a baseband processor that helps connect the phone to wireless networks.

    A Look Inside Apple's iPhone 4S Arik Hesseldahl 2011

  • Rival Texas Instruments Inc. is facing similar pressures, stepping up its focus on analog chips while moving to exit the market for so-called baseband chips for cellphones.

    National Semiconductor Cuts Back, 2009

  • The first Lumias used the Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm Inc., which includes an integrated modem replacing so- called baseband chips used in earlier phones.

    unknown title 2012

  • Sales of so-called baseband chips used in mobile phones also declined.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • "Qualcomm should be better able to integrate WiFi with bluetooth and/or baseband, which is an increasing industry trend."

    MarketWatch.com - Top Stories 2011

  • Qualcomm has about 80 percent of the market for such semiconductors, known as baseband chips, the Nikkei said.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

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